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Friday, July 20, 2012

Mocha Cappucino Marbled Coffee Cake and Malaysian Food Fest

Time really passes by so quickly that it's due for another cake again at The Home Bakers ( THB ), an event organised by Joyce. I just realised that this cake is due to post today and it's my turn to provide the recipe this time, therefore i quickly made this 3 days ago. Well actually, we can post anytime 30days from today but due to the reason that i'm giving out the recipe, i will have to post it up today otherwise i'll get spanked by Joyce. This is the 6th cake so far that we are baking from the book, Coffee Cakes by Lou Seibert Pappas. I'm very pleased with the outcome of the cake, though nothing really fancy, it's a coffee flavoured cake with some chocolate marbles within the cake, the texture is soft and light, it isnt dry, nice coffee flavour and love it. You are welcomed to take a look at the same cake made by other members of the group here

I have made half the recipe in a 7 inch round tin and kindly note that i'm providing the full recipe and also half recipe here, the halved recipe is in blue.

In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, beat in the eggs, one at a time and mix in the vanilla and the dissolved coffee until blended.

In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, stir to blend. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour cream in 2 increments, beating until thick and smooth. Spoon 1/3 of the batter into a small bowl and stir in the melted chocolate. Spoon 4 heaping tbps of coffee batter into the pan, spacing them apart, then spoon some chocolate batter by the tablespoon into the spaces. Repeat until all batter is used. With a knife, swirl through th emixture to marble the batters.

Bake for 55minutes to 1 hour ( i baked mine for about 42 mins) or until a cake tester insered in the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 15minutes, then unmould, let cool completely before cutting into slices.

At the same time, i would like to inform there is an upcoming event to be launched this coming August 2012, Malaysian Food Fest organised by Wendy from Table for 2..or more. It is an online event whereby its main objectives are to introduce the specialty food from each state in Malaysia and to encourage everyone to cook those at home. For each state, the event will run for a month and the whole event will conclude by the end of August 2013. We encourage everyone, bloggers and non bloggers , Malaysians or non Malaysians to take part in this meaningful event , cook and submit your entries to the respective hosts for the month. The first state that's going to kick off will be Malacca, hosted by Cindy from Yummylittlecooks. You can find out more information about the event here and the schedule ahead here

Sometimes simple is what we need. This coffee chocolate cake may be simple but it satisfy and comforts. :)) forget about all that cream and design. :) slice me a big one pls! Wish I can join the MFF...but I suck at savory dishes. I'll just watch....heehee

Hmmm, let me have a bite of your coffee cake first b4 saying anything! So Joyce was wondering whether you are coffee lover & what makes you chose this cake? Great choice! Love the cake, hahaha! Also good choice to pick Melaka as the 1st state for MFF!

Hi Lena,Since you posted it on time, there will be no "spanky", only "huggy"!! hehe!You've picked a great cake! I love it, the texture is moist, soft with tender crumbs, with the right balance of coffee and chocolate! I'm already thinking of it again! Will be waiting for October, have fun with MFF!

Hi Lena, your cake looks moist and delicious. I think it works well in a round baking pan as well... I don't have a bundt pan and made mine in a 7 inch with 2/3 the recipe. This is definitely a great choice!

be still my stomach! Seriously, my stomach is making alot of noises right now because it is wanting- needing- this cake. i love the texture, the marbled design and most importantly the deliciousness with the cappucino flavor! yum

YUMMY! Looks really moist & delicious with coffee! Can't wait to try this recipe! And this will be my first marble cake, never done it before. Me MEGA nervous! LOL Wow! great that there's another awesome event on Malaysian Food Festival! Can't wait to see all the sedaplicious foods! :)

This cake looks really moist, I want to make too if i have the time, good job you have put up a smaller quantity recipe, no need to do the math:D Thanks to you lena:D me still blur blur what this MFF thing is about..all i see is ppl saying they going in FB lol!

Hi Lena, good morning! Thanks for pointing out that I got the name of Joyce's blog wrong. Gosh I didn't even notice, so embarrassed :p I got it corrected in the current post and all the past posts too :)

bee2: no, i dont think you are bad at cooking..i've seen you doing savoury dishes many times :)

chris: will be looking forward to see yours too!

eileenlee: sure you can post it in your own blog, not a problem at all and if you want to link it to THB, best that you chk with Joyce at her email...kitchenflavours@yahoo.com or drop her a note at her blog. she's the boss!

anjua: i'm glad that the cake turned out well for you too. NOw i know how much you love coffee!

jessie: actually it was not me who chose malacca as the first state for the event, it was wendy..she's the organiser..i'm just one of the monthly host :)

nowserving: thank you for dropping by. appreciate that very much!

ping: this is not a very big cake, i hope you will like the cake as much as i do and hopefully eating this doesnt makes you feel guilty..you no more in diet mode, right?

mimi: nice to hear that your family likes it, i think most of us are quite glad with this bake!

joyce: seriously, i almost got a shock that i see that it's almost due date! now i must remember about chicken pies,just few more days to go!

Lena, this is so funny for breakfast (just a few minutes ago) I had some marbled mocha breakfast bread (I'm not kidding I really did) and it had a crumb top like some coffee cakes have. Your cake looks amazing I would like to have that with my morning coffee too! This is the way I like my cakes with such a nice texture. I like that you gave half recipe too, I often need to make just half! Nice choice!Cheers! Hope your weekend is great!

kit: when are you making this? if you read how joyce did the marbling, i think shldnt be any problem, make some swirls before covering it with another layer of batter. I didnt do that, hence not much marble effects. Hopefully you can also take part in the MFF event too!

daphne: Yeah, the event will be only featuring malaysian state foods, one month one state and will end in august 2013. I think there will be lots to learn cos tell you honestly, there are still a lot of state foods which i'm not familiar with :)

I think there is more eggs in your cake batter and there is lower fat content in the cake as well because you have used yogurt instead of sour cream. I'm suspecting that this compact type of cake texture is the kind that Lou is after and most of her cakes will be like that.

To avoid similar kind of compact cake texture, I will modify Lou's recipe in my future THB bakes.

MFF sounds fun! Will hop over to Cindy's blog and check out the details!